Hulda Zumsteg

Hulda Zumsteg (Swiss Standard German: [ˈtsʊmʃteːɡ]; née Durst; 12 November 1890 - 14 July 1984) was a Swiss restaurateur, co-founder and owner of Kronenhalle in Zürich, Switzerland.

During her patronage she found acquaintance in many writers and artists such as James Joyce, Thomas Mann, Robert Musil, Berthold Brecht, Hans Arp, Alberto Giacometti, Max Gubler and Henry van de Velde.

She also had a special relationship to Yves Saint Laurent who clad her in his gowns and was responsible for bringing the first art into the permanent Zumsteg collection.

[1][2] Zumsteg already had two children when she met her husband Gottlieb Zumsteg (died 1957): Zumsteg died aged 94 in Zürich, Switzerland.

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